Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, act I - Play no more, boy, the part of a lover - The Victrola book of the opera

Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, act I - Play no more, boy, the part of a lover Nor about beauty foolishly hover
Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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he has written a song about his lady love. The Countess bids him sing it, and he takes his guitar and describes the delights and torments caused by Cupids arrow. Voi che sapete (What is ThisFeeling; ?) By Neflie Melba, Soprano(In Italian) 88067 12-inch, $3.00 The song is in ballad form, to suitthe situation, the voice giving out theclear, lovely melody, while the stringedinstruments carry on a simple accom-paniment pizzicato, to imitate the guitar;and this delicate outline is shaded andanimated by solo wind instruments. It is difficult to say which to admiremost—the gracefulness of the melodies,the delicacy of disposition of the parts,the charm of the tone coloring, or thetenderness of expression—the whole isof entrancing beauty. Cherubino: What is this feeling makes me so sad?What is this feeling makes me so glad?Pain that delights me,—How can it be?Pleasure that pains me!—Fetterd though free!Whence, too, these yearnings,Strange to myself?Tell me their meaning, spirit or elf!
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Play no more, boy, the part of a loverNor about beauty foolishly hover. —Act I. Why am I burning? Why do I freeze?Restless forever, never at ease.All is so altered, nothings at rest,Or are these changes but in my breast?Gentler the breezes, day is more bright;Fairer the moonbeams shine on the night:Greener the forest, greener the hill,Soft, too, the music flows from each rill. The women now dress up the page to represent Susanna, and have no sooner finishedwhen the Count knocks, and Cherubino hides in the closet. The Count observes his wifesconfusion, and hearing noises in the closet, becomes jealous. He demands that she openthe closet door, and when she refuses he goes for a crowbar. The moment he is outCherubino, aided by Susanna, slips out and escapes through the window, and Susanna entersthe closet in his place. When the Count returns and opens the door, the maid comes out andthe husband is forced to apologize for his suspicions. Marcellina now enters with her lawyer and demands